For the best part of 25 minutes, Jurgen Klopp's demand was falling on the deaf ears of the Liverpool fans at Anfield.
"We need the best 12.30pm atmosphere ever!" Klopp said on Friday in what was something of an impassioned, pre-match plea to rouse a response across the stands here on Saturday lunchtime.
"If you cannot shout or sing, then stay at home and give your ticket to someone else, please."
After 22 minutes, it looked as though the supporters, having gone 13 days without seeing their team in action, were failing to meet the call of their manager.
Enter Diogo Jota in what must now be considered textbook and trademark style. The No.20 had barely had a kick other than one speculative effort that he miscued horribly over the bar early on.
But then Joe Gomez floated one into the six-yard box and the Portuguese pounced.
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This is so often the case for Jota who seems to float through games on the periphery before a decisive, deadly contribution that steers a game Liverpool's way.
It is an unseen skill the 25-year-old has now perfected; the ability to lure opposition defenders into thinking he's having an off-day before striking when it is least expected.
No other player has scored more with his head since he moved to Anfield in September 2020, which is a statistic that betrays a modest frame of 5ft '10.
Jota is not exactly known as the most towering of target men, but there are few better when there is a ball to be attacked in the air. That only the powerful Christian Benteke keeps him off the top of that list on his own says it all.
Jota gives Klopp a little bit of absolutely everything. The hard-working, two-footed pressing machine is capable of playing out wide on either flank, but it is down the centre where he has inflicted the most damage over these past 18 months.
It was enough to see off a spirited Watford before Fabinho's late penalty but the gloss on a 2-0 win that keeps Klopp's men on course.
That's now 20 for the season for Jota and only Mo Salah - the prefix that is attached to so many modern statistics - has scored more for the Reds this season. This one was as big as any other.
